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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: Patrice Clement <monsieurp@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Developer branches on proj/gentoo
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:03:58
Message-Id: 20150811160105.5e3ceb08@pomiot
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Developer branches on proj/gentoo by Patrice Clement
1 Dnia 2015-08-11, o godz. 15:52:16
2 Patrice Clement <monsieurp@g.o> napisał(a):
3
4 > Hi there
5 >
6 > According to https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Gentoo_git_workflow#Branching_Model,
7 > "there may be developer-specific, task-specific, project-specific branches
8 > etc". As far as I understand, it means I can go and create my own branch on the
9 > main repository and push it and it gets spread all over the place. Is that
10 > correct?
11 >
12 > Could someone explain to me the rationale behind this decision?
13 >
14 > Truth to be told, I kinda dislike the fact any developer can do this.
15
16 As long as it's used with caution, I don't see a problem. Of course it
17 would be bad if everyone pushed branches for any minor change. However,
18 if there is a long-term work going on a branch, I don't see a problem
19 with keeping it public.
20
21 --
22 Best regards,
23 Michał Górny
24 <http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Developer branches on proj/gentoo Tobias Klausmann <klausman@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Developer branches on proj/gentoo Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Developer branches on proj/gentoo Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o>